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t'other

Dialect
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

t'other: A contraction of "the other," common in dialectal English, adding a colloquial, rustic, or regional flavor to a poetic text, emphasizing informal speech.

Detailed Definition
The apostrophe marks the omission of sounds in a spoken regional form. In the poem, it belongs to the string of expressions associated with 'Melia’s former country speech.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And thik oon, and theäs oon, and t’other” uses t’other as a dialect shortening of “the other”; “Take t’other road where the blackthorn flowers” gives dialogue a regional voice; “One cup for thee and t’other for me” shows its compact colloquial form; In dialect verse, t’other can preserve speech rhythm that standard “the other” would slow.
Additional Notes
“T'other” may need explanation because it is a compressed dialect form of “the other,” as shown in “and t'other.”; Found in the poem, The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy
Also Known As
the other the alternative the second
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